Anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) surges in local elections

Jubilant UKIP leader Nigel Farage

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) won a stunning victory in local
elections, winning over 26% of the vote in those districts in which a
UKIP candidate ran. The party, which favors withdrawal of Britain
from the European Union, took votes away from the ruling coalition of
Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, as well as from the opposition
Labor party. According to jubilant UKIP leader Nigel Farage:

"We have always done well in European elections [where
UKIP has 11 seats in the EU Parliament]..., but people havenít
seen us as being relevant to local elections or in some ways
general elections. So for us to be scoring, on average, 26 per
cent of the vote where we stand is I think very significant
indeed."

This is part of a trend that's dissolving Europe's traditional
left-of-center / center / right-of-center parliamentary democracy, in
favor of fringe parties and protest movements. In Greece and Italy,
the dissolution has already occurred. In France, Marine Le Pen and
the National Front party is campaigning against "Islamization" and the
euro. In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) has
done well on a strongly anti-Islamist platform. Belgium, Hungary,
Denmark, Sweden, and Austria have also seen the rise of parties that
are anti-immigration or anti-euro or both. The Sun (London) and BBC

U.S. shows Israel new bunker buster bomb for use in Iran

For several years, it's been reported that America's largest "bunker
buster" bomber was not powerful enough to reach and destroy Iran's
Fordo nuclear enrichment complex, which is buried under a mountain
near the Iranian city of Qom. But the Pentagon has shown Israeli
leaders an Air Force video of a new version of the bunker buster
capable of destroying Frodo. The 30,000-pound "Massive Ordnance
Penetrator," or MOP, has adjusted fuses to maximize its burrowing
power, upgraded guidance systems to improve its precision and
high-tech equipment intended to allow it to evade Iranian air defenses
in order to reach and destroy Fordo. The specific political purpose
of the demonstration is to dissuade the Israelis from conducting a
unilateral attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Ynet and
Debka

Israeli warplanes strike targets inside Syria

Intelligence reports in Washington indicate that Israel has staged air
strikes on targets within Syria. Lebanon's army web site is listing at
least 16 flights by Israeli warplanes over Lebanon's air space. It's
believed that the air strikes targets Syrian weapons that are being
transferred to the Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon. It's believed
that conventional weapons (as opposed to chemical weapons) were
targeted. CNN and CBS News

California law will fund seizure of legally purchased guns

California's governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation that will
allocate $24 million to hire special agents that will track down and
seize guns from 20,000 Californians who have legally purchased guns,
but who have been disqualified from owning them due to mental illness
or a criminal conviction. According to one legislator, "We are
fortunate in California to have the first and only system in the
nation that tracks and identifies individuals who at one time made
legal purchases of firearms but are now barred from possessing them."
Russia Today